| Edition |
Blu-ray special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm.) |
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digital video mono rda |
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videodisc |
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Blu-ray |
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video file Blu-ray rda |
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Motion picture |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 671 |
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Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 671.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby digital monophonic. |
| Language |
French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Claire Maurier, Remi Laurent, Carmen Scarpitta, Benny Luke, Luisa Maneri, Michel Galabru. |
| Credits |
Music, Ennio Morricone ; director of photography, Armando Nannuzzi ; editors, Monique Isnardon, Robert Isnardon. |
| Note |
Based upon the play by Jean Poiret. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. |
| Audience |
Rating: R. |
| Summary |
Renato and Albin--a middle-aged gay couple who are the manager and star performer at a glitzy drag club in Saint-Tropez--agree to hide their sexual identities, along with their flamboyant personalities, when the ultraconservative parents of Renato's son's fiancee come for a visit. A French farce about the importance of nonconformity and being true to oneself that inspired the major Broadway musical and the movie remake The Birdcage. |
| Note |
Special features: New, restored 2K digital film transfer; new interview with director Edouard Molinaro; archival footage featuring actor Michel Serrault and Jean Poiret, writer and star of the original stage production of La cage aux folles; new interview with author Laurence Senelick. Plus a booklet featuring an essay by critic David Ehrenstein. |
| Subject |
Gay couples -- Drama.
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Gender identity -- Drama.
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Fathers and sons -- Drama.
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Families -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Danon, Marcello, film producer, screenwriter.
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Veber, Francis, screenwriter.
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Molinaro, Édouard, screenwriter, film director.
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Poiret, Jean, 1926-1992 screenwriter.
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Tognazzi, Ugo, actor.
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Serrault, Michel, 1928-2007, actor.
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Maurier, Claire, actor.
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Laurent, Rémi, 1957-1989, actor.
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Scarpitta, Carmen, 1933-2008, actor.
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Luke, Benny, actor.
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Maneri, Luisa, actor.
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Galabru, Michel, actor.
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Isnardon, Robert, editor of moving image work.
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Isnardon, Monique, editor of moving image work.
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Nannuzzi, Armando, 1925-2001 director of photography.
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Morricone, Ennio, composer (expression)
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Senelick, Laurence, interviewee (expression)
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Ehrenstein, David, writer of added text.
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Poiret, Jean, 1926-1992.
Cage aux folles.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.
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Productions Artistes associés, production company.
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Da Ma Produzione, SPA, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781604657746 |
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160465774X |
| Standard No. |
715515109819 |
| Music No. |
CC2305BD The Criterion Collection |
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